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Chang Zheng 2E(A)
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CZ-2E(A) Booster
CZ-2E(A) Booster
CZ-2E(A) launch vehicle that will be used for manned missions.
Planned upgrade of CZ-2E with enlarged liquid boosters. Probably intended for launch of Chinese space station modules in the 21st century. Fairing was 5.20 m in diameter and 12.39 m long.

AKA: Chang Zheng-2E(A);CZ-2E(A);Long March 2E(A). Status: Design 2000. Payload: 14,100 kg (31,000 lb). Thrust: 8,910.00 kN (2,003,040 lbf). Gross mass: 695,000 kg (1,532,000 lb). Height: 53.60 m (175.80 ft). Diameter: 3.35 m (10.99 ft). Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

In February 1999 the China Great Wall Company announced that the rocket would be available in 2000 and be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest part of China.

LEO Payload: 14,100 kg (31,000 lb) to a 200 km orbit at 48.00 degrees. Launch Price $: 55.000 million in 1999 dollars.

Stage Data - CZ-2E(A)



Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: China. Engines: YF-25/23, YF-20A, YF-20B. Spacecraft: Chinese Space Laboratory. Stages: CZ-2E(A)-0, CZ-2E-1, CZ-2E-2. Agency: CALT.
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Chinese Manned LVsChinese Manned LVs
Chinese Launch Vehicles for Manned Projects. From left: Tsien Spaceplane Launcher, 1978; Project 921 Launch Vehicle, 1992; CZ-2F, 1999; CZ-2E(A), 2000. Only the last two were put into full scale development.
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